Flavio Chigi (1631–1693)
Flavio Chigi (10 May 1631 – 13 September 1693) was an Italian people, Italian Catholic Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal and Duke of Ariccia. He was Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Alexander VII and became a powerful political force inside the Roman Catholic Church during the latter half of the 17th century. Early life Flavio Chigi was born 10 May 1631 in Siena, the son of Mario Chigi and Berenice della Ciaia (a noblewoman from Siena). He studied philosophy and law and obtained a doctorate in utroque iuris. When his uncle Fabio Chigi was made Papal legate, Legate to Germany, Chigi followed him there but was soon sent back to Italy to complete his studies. In 1656, he was made Governor of Fermo and in 1658 he was made Governor of Tivoli, Lazio, Tivoli. In the meantime, his uncle had been elected Pope in 1655 and had taken the papal throne as Pope Alexander VII. In 1657, Chigi was appointed as his Cardinal-Nephew. Cardinalate Upon his elevation to Cardinal, Chigi was appointed Cardinal ...
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